John L. Merritt
Professor of Medicine & Neurology
University of South Florida
USA
Biography
John L Merritt graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina (MD) and did residencies at Huntington Hospital (University of Southern California) and The Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota. He is an Emeritus Professor, University of South Florida, Medicine & Neurology, and has served as Professor at the Mayo Clinic, University of Southern California, Irvine, Medical College of Wisconsin and University of South Florida, Tampa. He is board certifi ed in Brain Injury Medicine, Spinal Cord Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Internal Medicine. He is Medical Advisor to Stay in Step SCI Recovery Center and President of RehabMed South
Research Interest
Neuro-regeneration, Olfactory Mucosal Autografts, Stem Cell Therapies Spinal Cord Injury Acute and Chronic, Outcomes; Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections Prevention of Urinary Tract Infection in Spinal Cord Injury Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management; Respiratory Intervention in Quadriplegia Energy Expenditure in Paraplegia; Metabolic Changes in Chronic SCI Ethics, Beginning and End of Life Issues, Palliative Care Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Outcome Prediction and Management Life Expectancy and Outcomes in Spinal Cord Injury